Quercus hemisphaerica
Common names: Darlington oak, laurel oak [1]
| Quercus hemisphaerica | |
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| File:Quercus hemisphaerica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. hemisphaerica |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus hemisphaerica W. Bartram | |
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| Natural range of Quercus hemisphaerica from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym: Q. laurifolia
Variety: none
Description
Q. hemisphaerica is a perennial tree of the Fagaceae family that is native to North America. [1]
Distribution
Q. hemisphaerica is found in the southeastern United States; specifically, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Alalbama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
Q. hemisphaerica can be found in sandhills, dry hammocks, sandy soils, and other dry soils habitats. [2]
Commonly found in long-leaf pinelands when the pines have been removed. Q. hemisphaerica is a woody species that can overtake a pine community is circumstances allow it. [3]
Phenology
Flowering for the Q. hemisphaerica occurs predominately in March but continues into April and May. [4]
Fire ecology
Q. hemisphaeric is an invasive native plant in the Florida Panhandle in regions that are fire suppressed. [5]
Conservation and Management
Q. hemisphaeric is an invasive native plant in the Florida Panhandle in regions that are fire suppressed.
Cultivation and restoration
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References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 USDA Plant Database
- ↑ Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ [Stallins, J. A. and J. Griggs (2004). "Influence of historic upland silviculture on the composition of ravine forests along the Apalachicola River, Florida, USA." Natural Areas Journal 24(3).]
- ↑ Pan Flora
- ↑ Clewell, A. F. (2014). "Forest development 44 years after fire exclusion in formerly annually burned oldfield pine woodland, Florida." Castanea 79: 147-167.
